From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishloglog1 /lɒɡ $ lɒːɡ, lɑːɡ/ ●●○ S3 noun [countable] 1 DHBPa thick piece of wood from a tree a roaring log fire2 RECORDan official record of events, especially on a journey in a ship or plane The captain always keeps a log.3 HMa logarithm → it’s as easy as falling off a log at fall1(31), → sleep like a log/top at sleep1
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log• Alice had to write up a detailed log of the trip, complete with scientific data.• Meanwhile, an event log shows a listing of events and breakpoint messages.• What she did not mention in her log was that she had found a bottle of liquor that Bill had stashed away.• Mark logs and milled lumber from the older trees, giving consumers a choice of boycott.• This is done to prevent the process log becoming too large.• He complained to a senior officer, who made a note in the ship's log.• A few cluster flies found the warm logs and sat on them.loglog2 ●●○ verb (logged, logging) 1 [transitive]RECORD to make an official record of events, facts etc All phone calls are logged.2 [transitive]TTA to travel a particular distance or for a particular length of time, especially in a plane or ship The pilot has logged 1,200 flying hours.3 [intransitive, transitive]TAF to cut down trees → log in/on → log off/out→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
log• Khader works full time now at nation-building, sometimes logging 16 hours of work in a day.• All deliveries must be logged.• When logged into his two-way communication system, you will be amazed at his love and understanding.• But for some countries trade in the wood is of direct benefit to the local people who log it.• At the time she was logged on at another computer in the station, working on an application form.• As more people log on, they experience frustrating delays.• By mid-July the INS had logged only 72 applications.• The pilot had logged over 150 hours of flying time.• Of these, logging poses by far the most serious threat.• The system can log the date and length of calls made by company employees.• Workers routinely logged twelve-hour days, and are doing so once again.From Longman Business Dictionaryloglog1 /lɒglɒːg, lɑːg/ verb (past tense and past participle logged, present participle logging) [transitive]1to make a record of each time that something happensThe new system logs every call that a customer makes to the company.2to change by a particular amountThe Consumer Price Index could log a gain of 0.5% in August. → log off → log on→ See Verb tableloglog2 noun [countable] an official detailed record of somethingKeep a detailed log of telephone calls.production logsOrigin log1 (1300-1400) Probably from a Scandinavian language 